In the weeks leading up the first practice, I will redo all-expansion era SEC Teams with a viable starting five and 13-man roster. Please make your own modifications. This can include any SEC player who played from '91-92 to present.

To normalize the effect of eras, I will rely on All-SEC consideration, NBA draft selection, and contribution to championships and/or record post-season accomplishment for the school. This will help with the perception that with different off-season routines and their influence on fundamentals, NBA draft rules and practices, nutrition and conditioning, and some interpretation of and changes to rules, the 90s players are much better than today.

G Wes Flanigan, ’96 All-SEC 3rd Team, Parkview grad is second all-time at Auburn in assists and battled thru cancer to play his senior season. Wes is one of the great leaders in Auburn history and received the Basketball Writers Most Courageous Award.

C Mamadou N’diaye, ’99 All-SEC AP 3rd Team. The 7-footer with the great name (along with LR’s Adrian Chilliest) was an 8-and-8 and 7-and-7 guy for Auburn. 2nd in all time blocked shots to Kyle Davis.

PF Marquis Daniels, ’03 All-SEC 2nd Team, ’01 All-SEC 3rd Team. Good scorer and rebounder for his height, he was also among SEC leaders in steals. Daniels was the Birmingham News unofficial SEC POY in ’03. Daniels is Auburn’s all-time leader in steals and 9th in scoring.

PF Aaron Swinson, ’94, All-SEC 1st Team, ’93 All-SEC Coach’s 2nd Team. The 3-year player was another good rebounder for his height. 2nd in Auburn history in FG % to Barkley and 12th all-time scorer.

SF Bryant Smith, ’99 All-SEC 1st Team, ’98 All-SEC Coach’s 2nd Team, good defender and rebounder. Bryant held his opponent to 5-6 ppg below scoring average in ’98-99. Auburn is often over looked on the All-SEC teams but ’99 was a very good year for the Tiger.

F The late Korvotney Barber, ’09 All-SEC 2nd Team. The McDonald’s All-American was a good rebounder for a 6’7” guy. Barber set single season rebounding records at Auburn and is 9th all time. Died in a swimming accident near Panama City Beach in 2013.

C Kyle Davis. The underrated 6’10” Davis was a rough-edged precursor to State’s Varnado but he was a shot blocking machine with 360.

G Lance Weems, ’96 All-SEC Coach’s 3rd Team is now the Athletic Superintendent for Hoover Parks and Recreation. Weems made 10 threes against the Hogs in a shootout with Scotty.

Old school SEC beat writer caves; votes freshman who has never played a game as SEC preseason POY

Even the most ballyhooed and ultimately transcendent freshman used to have to prove himself before receiving the tribute that goes with being a college star. How quaint. The Southeastern Conference unwittingly drove home that point last week by asking media members to vote on a pre-season all-league team.

To not vote for Julius Randle last week seemed more the act of a contrarian than a nod to sober judgment.

Jimmy Dykes, ESPN's color commentator for SEC games, voted for Randle."When we look back on January, February and March, he'll be the most dominant player in that league," Dykes said. "And he'll be the guy that coaches — I don't know if 'fear' is the right word — fear-slash-respect the most."

Dykes acknowledged that his vote for Randle reflected the changing nature of how he — and we — view college basketball.

"The last four or five years I had to get more comfortable with it," Dykes said of anointing a player who has yet to take a college dribble as SEC Player of the Year. "At the end of this mathematical problem is a question: Who is the best player in this league? The best player in this league, I think going in, is Julius Randle."

Different spin on the subject. All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Kentucky

Dan Issel, C/PF, 27,482 points and 11,133 rebounds in 15 ABA/NBA seasons and Hall of Famer. He was nearly 80% on FT across his pro career. Issel in three seasons, is also the leading all-time career scorer and rebounder at UK. His UK teams never made the Final Four. In his senior season his number one team was upset in the regional finals by Jacksonville led by his future ABA teammate Artis Gilmore ending the possibility of a game against reigning champs UCLA.

Antoine Walker, PF, 15,647 points in 12 seasons. Walker earned the most NBA money of any UK player ever in 2014 dollars. He lost it all. Walker was the second-leader scorer and leading rebounder on UK's 1996 NCAA championship team and he left after his sophomore season.

Louie Dampier, SG, 15,279 points in 12 seasons. Dampier is the all-time leader in scorer and assists in the ABA. He was just short of 200 three-pointers in consecutive seasons and once set the NBA or ABA record with 57 consecutive free throws. Dampier won an ABA championship with teammate Dan Issel for the Kentucky Colonels. Dampier was a college teammate of NBA Exec Pat Riley and College Basketball Analyst, Larry Conley. The Kentucky team his Junior season lost to Texas Western in the NCAA finals.

Cliff Hagan, SF, 14,870 points in 14 seasons. Hagan was inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Hagan averaged 25 ppg for the St. Louis Hawks in '59-60 and made a comeback playing for the Dallas Chaparrals in the ABA. Hagan's team won the NCAA championship as a sophomore. UK received the death penalty due to a point shaving scandal by the late-40s, early-50s players. Hagan essentially redshirted a season but kept up his studies. UK was undefeated the next season. Hagan and teammates Frank Ramsey and Lou T. had graduated and were not allowed to play in the NCAA Tournament. The rule was so obscure, a state newspaper published the fact on the eve of the tournament start. Rupp elected to not enter the tournament with some colorful language about the ability of the players he had remaining.

Hagan was UK's AD when they almost received the death penalty again during basketball scandals at the end of Eddie Sutton's tenure. CM Newton replaced Hagan as AD. UK's baseball stadium is named Hagan and the football field is named for Newton who hired Rick Pitino.

John Wall, PG. The one player whose career is projected, Wall averages 17.4 ppg and 8 apg. Wall is selected over Rajon Rondo who played two seasons at UK and Kyle Macy who is scheduled to call the Arkansas-UGa game today and did not have a spectacular NBA career.

Wall was the overall NBA number one pick, the first ever for a UK player, after one season at UK. His team went 36-3 losing in the Regional Finals to West Virginia. Wall was UK's all-time leading scorer as a freshman until he was passed in the West Virginia game by Demarcus Cousins.

Early 50's players Ralph Beard and Alex Groza, projected to be NBA stars, were banned for life for the point shaving scandals. Groza had averaged 22.5 and 10.7 in two seasons while Beard averaged 16 ppt and 4.4 apg in his two seasons.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

LSU

Shaq, C 28,596 points and 13,099 rebounds in 19 seasons, Shaq outscored Issel and is by far the number one NBA salary earner by an SEC alum. He averaged almost 30 points and 14 rebounds for the 2000 Lakers. He ranks 6th all-time in points scored, 5th in field goals, 13th in rebounds, and 7th in blocks.

College Player of the Year and two-time SEC player of the year, Dale Brown met Shaq while his step father was stationed in Germany and Brown thought the young teen was a military man. He wrote him encouraging letters and Shaq landed at LSU where he played three seasons. His statue is in front of the practice facility.

Pistol Pete, SG 15,948 points in 10 seasons and one of the youngest ever inducted into the Hall of Fame. After toiling with the Hawks and Jazz, Maravich got to experience post-season play with the Celtics. He averaged over 24 ppg over his career and once put up 68 against the Knicks.

LSU's arena is named for Maravich who is the all-time leading scorer in NCAA history totaling 3,667 points (over 44 ppt) in three seasons. Dale Brown later calculated that if the 3-point line had been in place, Pete would have averaged 57 ppg. Brown replaced Pete's father Press Maravich as head coach. Youtube videos now available show LSU opponents sometimes frozen in place watching Maravich do his stuff.

Pete Maravich died at 40 of heart failure after a break in a pick up basketball game with Jim Dobson and a ringer Dobson had brought in from UCLA. Pistol's last words were, "I feel great," when asked how he was. The Pistol had been born without a left coronary artery, a vessel which supplies blood to the muscle fibers of the heart.

Bob Pettit, PF/C, Hall of Famer and the NBA's first ever MVP. Scored 20,880 and had 12,849 boards. His career 26.4 ppg is most by an LSU alum. Petit won the NBA All-Star Game MVP four times, matched to-date only by Kobe. Petit's 29.2 ppg in '59 was the most ever in the NBA at the time. In '58 Petit and Cliff Hagan led the Hawks to the NBA championship. He is the only player besides Groza (only two seasons, banned for life) to average over 20 ppg in every season he played.

Petit averaged 27.8 ppg in his career at LSU and was a two-time All-American. He led LSU to their second SEC title ever and first in nearly 20 years. Bob Pettit Boulevard in Baton Rouge, LA is named for him.

Chris Jackson, PG, averaged 14.6 ppg and 3.5 apg in 11 seasons as Mahmoud Addul-Rauf. He reached the playoffs a couple of seasons for Denver and averaged 19.2 ppg in two different seasons for the Nuggets. He hit 95.6% FTs in a season, third best ever in the NBA. In '96 Jackson once refused to stand for the National Anthem.

In the period just before Arkansas joined the SEC, Jackson was a two-time SEC POY and was named to LSU's All-Century team with the likes of Maravich, Shaq, and Petit. He averaged 30.2 ppt, setting the NCAA freshman scoring record and became the 2nd freshman to be named to the AP All-American team. He left after his sophomore season.

Marcus Thornton, SG 13.6 ppg in 4+ seasons and currently active. Thornton averaged over 21 ppg for Sacamento in '11.

Thornton was SEC POY for LSU in '09 as a senior after playing two seasons for Kilgore (Rangerettes). He was two-time Coaches First Team All-SEC in his two seasons. LSU was 13-3 SEC champs in 2009 and made the NCAA second round.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Tennessee

Bernard King, SF. The Hall of Famer scored 19,655 points in 14 seasons, averaging 22.5 ppg for his NBA career. King became the first NBA player in 20 years to score 50 points in consecutive games. The TNT studio analysts once named King to their "Next 10", the ten players in their mind, who had just missed the NBA's 50 Greatest Players announced in 1996.

King was an All-American in each of this three seasons at Tennessee and was three-time SEC POY. He is second all-time at UT in points and rebounds. He left for the NBA after his junior season. King and Ernie Grunfield led UT to the 1977 SEC Championship (no SEC tournament at the time). King was the subject of a recent ESPN documentary.

Allan Houston, SG. 17.3 ppg in 12 NBA seasons. Allan was a two-time NBA all-star noted for hitting a game winner at the buzzer allowing the 8-seeded Knicks to win an NBA play-off series over a 1-seed. Houston won an Olympic Gold Medal at Sydney. The "Allan Houston Rule", pertaining to collective bargaining is his namesake. Houston has made the third most money of any former SEC player in the NBA behind Shaq and Joe Johnson (yet to come in this series).

Allan Houston's father Wade was head assistant to Denny Crum at Louisville. In high school, Houston's Ballard team won the State Championship in a shoot out with future Kentucky player Richie Farmer (recently imprisoned for ethics violations as a state official). Tennessee was able to recruit Allan by making Wade the first ever black head coach of a major sport in the SEC. Wade was also the first black member of an exclusive Knoxville Country Club. Allan was UT's all-time leading scorer with 2,801 points. Joined Ernie Grunfeld as UT's only four-time 1st Team All-SEC selections.

Dale Ellis, SF/SG. 19,004 NBA points, second only to King among UT alum. Ellis peaked in the mid-to-late 80's averaging 27.5 ppg for Seattle in 1989 when he was an NBA All-Star.

At Tennessee, Ellis was two-time SEC POY. He was named to the SEC Team of the 80s. The Vols made the NCAA-T in each of Ellis' four seasons. He scored over 2,000 points in his UT career.

Red Robbins, C/PF. Averaged 13 and 10.5 in 7 ABA seasons including a championship with the Utah Stars. The former JuCo averaged 17 points and 12.6 boards his senior season. That rated All-SEC and Helms All-American honors.

Ernie Grunfeld, SF/SG. Scored over 5,000 points in seven NBA seasons before becoming an NBA executive. Grunfeld is one of three Vol players to have his jersey retired along with his teammate King and Allan. Grunfeld was a two-time 1st Team All-American at UT. He was SEC POY in 1977.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Auburn

Charles Barkley, PF. 23,757 points in 15 seasons averaging 22 and 11.7. The Hall of Famer won two Olympic Gold Medals, was an 11-time NBA All-Star and the 1993 NBA MVP. Sir Charles was named to the NBA All-Time 50th Anniversary Team. His straightforward approach as an analyst is respected.

Barkley was SEC POY in 1984 and three-time All-SEC. He was named to Auburn's All-Century team. He was named SEC Player of the 1980's by a Birmingham paper.

Mike Mitchell, SF. Over 15,000 points and almost 20 ppg over 9 year NBA career. He is 7th leading scorer in Spurs franchise history and was an '81 NBA all-star. Mitchell is now Auburn's second leading all-time scorer with 2,136 and is the all-time leading rebounder at just under 1,000. His jersey was retired a year ago.

Chuck Person, F. Almost 14,000 points in 12 seasons. Charles Barkley's college teammate was the '87 NBA rookie of the year. He averaged 14.7 ppg for his career, he averaged over 21 ppg for the Pacers in 1989. At Auburn, Chuck was a two-time All-American and 3-time All-SEC. He is Auburn's all-time leading scorer with 2,311 points.

Eddie Johnson, Averaged over 15 ppg in his 10 year career with just over 10,000 points. Johnson averaged over 1,000 points per season in his first 8 seasons with the Hawks. Found guilty of sexual assault of an 8-year-old, Johnson is serving life without parole.

Wesley Person SG-SF, Chuck Person's younger brother, averaged over 11 ppg in 10 NBA seasons. He was NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team. He shot almost 42% from 3 for his NBA career. Like his brother, Wesley was a 2,000 point scorer for Auburn.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Florida

David Lee, C-F, 15.2 ppg and 9.8 rpg career, still active in his 8th season. Lee's a 2-time NBA All-Star and one of the top ten salary earners that are SEC alum. 2nd Team All-SEC as a Florida senior averaging 13.3 ppg and 6.8 rpg.

Vernon Maxwell, G, Scored 10,912 points in 12 year career, averaging 12.8 ppg. Maxwell left as Florida's all-time leading scorer (2,450). It was later learned he took money from an agent. His records were erased. Maxwell had later legal issues including charges of adduction.

Mike Miller, SF-SG, In his 13th season, Miller has 10,457 career points, averaging 12.0 ppg. One of the top ten former SEC salary earners in the NBA. In two seasons at UF, Miller was a Freshman All-American and Coaches All-SEC as a Soph.

Al Horford, C, 2-time NBA all-star and All-Rookie. Averaged 14.0 and 9.5 in his career which continues in its sixth season. Horford was on the two-time Florida National Championship teams. Second in UF history in blocked shots and 7th in rebounds. All-SEC his junior and final season.

Jason Williams, PG, averaged 10.5 and 6.0 assists in 12 seasons. Third most minutes played of any Florida player in the NBA. He won an NBA championship in 2006 and was an All-Rookie. He followed Donovan from Marshall to Florida and once had 17 assists in one game. He was kicked out for pot usage. In high school he was one of the "good ol' boys, never meaning no harm" with Randy Moss.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Alabama

Latrell Sprewell SF-SG, 16,712 career points for an 18.3 ppg average over a 12-year career. Missed 68-games in his prime after being suspended for choking PJ Carlesimo. Ended career early after $21M for 3 years would not be enough to feed his children. 4-time NBA All-Star.

Sprewell, a juco transfer, had two seasons at Bama. In his senior year, he was All-SEC and averaged 18, 5, and 2 steals per game.

Antonio McDyess PF/C, averaged 12 and 7.5 over a 15-year career. One time NBA All-Star and All-Rookie. He averaged over 20 ppg and 12 rpg game, twice in his career. At Bama, McDyess was All-SEC ’95 2nd Team and ’94 AP 3rd Team.

Derrick McKey SF, averaged 11 ppg over a 14-season career. He was SEC player of the year for Bama in '87, leaving after his junior season.

Mo Williams G, has scored over 9,000 points and is still active in his tenth season. Mo has averaged 13.5 ppg and 5.0 apg. He was an NBA All-Star in '09. At Bama, Williams was SEC Freshman of the Year in 2002 and left after his sophomore year. He was SEC 3rd-Team in both of his seasons at Bama.

Robert Horry F, has been on seven NBA championship teams, the most anyone who did not play for the late-50s to 70s era Boston Celtics. In his 15-year career, Horry averaged 7.0 and 5.0. At Bama, Horry was '92 All-SEC 2nd Team.

Wilkins was SEC POY in 1981 and left UGa after his junior season. He averaged 21.6 ppg over his career and is the only UGa basketball player to have his jersey retired (the Hawks also retired his jersey).

Vern Fleming PG, 10,125 career points (11.3 ppg. and 4.8 apg.) in 12 seasons, 11 as the 6-5 lead guard for the Pacers. Fleming won a gold medal at the LA Olympics in 1984. Fleming helped lead UGa to the Final Four the year after Dominique went to the NBA. Fleming had 1,777 career points and 205 steals in his UGa career and averaged 20ppg and 2spg his senior season.

Willie Anderson SF-SG, averaged 12.2 ppg in 9 NBA seasons. He was on the last US Olympic team using college players and got the Bronze in Seoul. He averaged 16 ppg and 4-5 apg in his last two seasons at UGa.

Shandon Anderson SG-SF, Willie's brother scored over 5,000 points in his ten year career averaging 7.8. He won an NBA title in 2006. He had over 1,500 career points in 4 seasons at UGa never averaging over 15.0 ppg and he received second team All-SEC recognition.

Damien Wilkins SG-SF, Dominique's nephew and Gerald's son played from '05 to '13 in the NBA. He averaged 6.3 ppg. He transferred to UGa from NC State for his Jr. and Sr. seasons, averaging over 12 ppg his final season.

14 players will be honored as SEC Basketball Legends in March in conjunction with the SEC Tournament:

ARKANSAS - Clint McDaniel, Guard, 1992-95: A key player on Arkansas' 1994 NCAA Championship team and the 1995 NCAA National Runner-up squad, McDaniel was considered one of the best defensive players in the country during his time in Fayetteville. A starter in 59 of his 125 career games, he scored 1,007 career points and stands tied for fifth on the school's career steals list with 266. McDaniel can be found on most steals records lists at Arkansas, including steals as a senior with 102, an SEC record, second in single-game steals and steals in a single SEC game, fourth in steals over an SEC season and fifth in SEC career steals.

McDaniel was a member of the 1995 Final Four All-Tournament team as well as a member of the AP All-SEC third team in 1995.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Ole Miss

Johnny Neumann SG, his 6,022 points in pro basketball exceeds the total of all other former Ole Miss players combined. Neumann was a poor man's Pistol Pete, averaging 40.1 ppg in his sophomore and only season at SEC, earning SEC POY. He was one of the first players to declare hardship and entered the NBA/ABA draft. Neumann averaged 18.6 and 19.3 ppg in his first two full seasons with Memphis in the ABA. He played two seasons as a reserver in the NBA after the merger including 10-12 minutes per game with the Pacers.

In the late 2000s, Neumann coached overseas on a team that went bankrupt. He made a return to Memphis to get help for his daughter after getting assistance from a former Ole Miss teammate. Forty years after leaving Tad Smith arena for the last time, Neumann made a return to an Ole Miss game and was warmly received during a time out.

Elston Turner SF, scored almost 2,400 points in 8 seasons, the last seven as a reserve. A Knoxville native, Turner with teammates Sean Tuohy and Carlos Clark helped lead Ole Miss to their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 1981. His son, Elston, Jr. transferred to A&M and in 2013 became the third opposing player to ever score 40 in Rupp as the Aggies upset UK and later scored 37 against Ole Miss.

Gerald Glass SF, scored 1,553 points in 4 NBA seasons. A transfer from Delta State, Glass had over 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in just two seasons at Ole Miss.

Justin Reed SF, scored 472 points in 3 NBA seasons with his second season his most productive. Reed as a freshman helped Ole Miss make their only Sweet Sixteen appearance as a freshman. He made one of the All-SEC teams each of his four seasons in Oxford.

Ansu Sesay SF, scored 401 points in 4 NBA seasons with his third season his most productive. Sesay was the SEC's POY in 1998 the year Ole Miss was 4-seed in the NCAA-T and had beaten eventual national champ UK in Lexington. Sesay missed a FT that set up Bryce Drew's buzzer beater upset win for Valpo.

Sean Tuohy is radio analyst for the Memphis Grizzlies but did not play in the NBA. His recollections of the ruthlessness of early 80s Ole Miss coach and Bobby Knight disciple Bob Weltlich are documented in the "Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" though Weltlich is not mentioned by name. Weltlich's act did not play as well in Austin.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Vanderbilt

Clyde Lee C/PF, 5733 career points in 9 seasons, he averaged 7.7 points and 10-12 rebounds. As a junior in 1965 he led Vandy to their first SEC championship (15-1). Lost to Michigan and Cazzie Russell in the NCAA Regional finals. He was SEC POY in 1966. His jersey is retired at Vandy.

Will Perdue C, averaged 4.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game over a thirteen-year career. 4-time NBA Champion with the Bulls. SEC Player of the Year and Athlete of the Year in 1988.

Bob Warren SG, averaged 8.9 ppg in 8 ABA seasons. He was elected to multiple All-SEC teams and received the SEC Sportmanship Award in 1968.

Jeff Turner F, averaged 6.0 ppg in 10 NBA seasons. He was All-SEC and Academic All-SEC and a member of the United States' Olympic Gold Medal team in 1984.

Jan Van Breda Kolff SF, averaged 6.2 ppg in 9 ABA and NBA seasons. V.B.K. was SEC POY in 1974 and came back to coach Vandy from '93-99.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

LSU

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Chris Jackson, PG, averaged 14.6 ppg and 3.5 apg in 11 seasons as Mahmoud Addul-Rauf. He reached the playoffs a couple of seasons for Denver and averaged 19.2 ppg in two different seasons for the Nuggets. He hit 95.6% FTs in a season, third best ever in the NBA. In '96 Jackson once refused to stand for the National Anthem.

In the period just before Arkansas joined the SEC, Jackson was a two-time SEC POY and was named to LSU's All-Century team with the likes of Maravich, Shaq, and Petit. He averaged 30.2 ppt, setting the NCAA freshman scoring record and became the 2nd freshman to be named to the AP All-American team. He left after his sophomore season.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Mississippi State

Bailey Howell F, Naismith Hall of Famer from Middleton, TN scored 17,770 points in 11 NBA seasons covering the 60s. 6-time NBA all-star and 2-time champion with the Celtics. Howell averaged 18.7 and 9.9. Howell's Miss. State jersey was retired at half time of the 2009 Arkansas game, the first for the Bulldogs. He is State's all-time leading rebounder and scoring average leader. He was a two-time all-american. The Bailey Howell Award goes to the state of Mississippi's best college player.

Jeff Malone SG, scored 17,231 points in 12 NBA seasons, averaging 19 ppg. Malone was a two-time NBA all-star and All-Rookie 1st Team. For State, Malone was SEC POY in 1983. As a four-year starter at MSU, Malone shot 51 percent for his career and converted 80 percent of his free throws. He was a one-time All-American and three-time All-SEC.

Erick Dampier C, averaged 7.4 and 7.1 in 15 NBA seasons ending in 2012. Dampier averaged 14.5 and 9.3 in his junior and final season at State, helping them win the SEC Tournament over regular season undefeated and eventual national champion UK and make the Final Four for the only time in school history. College basketball PBP gradually began to pronounce his last name the way his family intended. By the end of the season, some basketball analysts were pronouncing the aforementioned ABA all-time leading scorer, Louie Dampier's surname the same way as Erick's (accent on second syllable).

Rickey Brown PF/C, 1st round 13th overall pick, scored 1482 points in four NBA seasons beginning in 1981. He is one of six first-round NBA draft picks in Mississippi State history along with Howell, Wiley Peck, Malone, Dampier and Dontae' Jones. Brown played in Spain and Italy for 10 seasons following his NBA career. Brown averaged 20.5 and 14.4 his senior season at State and had career totals of 1838 points and 1092 rebounds.

Lawrence Roberts PF, averaged 3.8 and 3.6 in 87 NBA games across two seasons. He is currently playing in Turkey. He was second round, 55th overall draft selection in 2005. A transfer after the Baylor murder scandal, Roberts did not have to sit out and made an immediate impact for State. He was the 2004 SEC POY and 1st Team All-American averaging 17 and 10. He averaged 17 and 11 in 2005. Roberts recorded State's first triple double (points, rebounds, and assists) in a non-conference game while wearing a mask to protect a broken nose.

Honorable Mention: Leland Mitchell (early 60s SG who was 14th overall in the '63 NBA draft [2nd round back then] and did not play until '67-68 in the ABA for his State coach Babe McCarthy. He played in the historic NCAA-T game against Loyola of Chicago for State. State had won the SEC three seasons in a row and this was their first NCAA-T appearance.), Wiley Peck, Arnett Moutrie, Tang Hamilton, Dontae' Jones, Jarvis Varnado.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

South Carolina

Alex English SF, scored 25,613 points in 14 seasons and averaged at least 25 ppg in eight consecutive seasons. He was an 8-time NBA All-Star and is the leading scorer in the history of the Denver Nuggets where he was a teammate with UK's all-time leading scorer Dan Issel. English scored almost 2,000 points and had over 1,000 rebounds with South Carolina in the 70s before they joined the SEC.

Brian Winters SG, scored 10,517 points in 9 NBA seasons. He was a two-time NBA All-Star, All-Rookie and like English his number his retired by his NBA team, the Bucks. Winters was a head coach for two and a half seasons in the NBA. A Gamecock teammate of Alex English, Winters averaged 20 ppg his senior season and was the 12th overall pick in the '74 NBA draft.

Tom Owens C/PF, had just under 10,000 points and 6,000 rebounds in 12 ABA and NBA seasons. He won a 1975 ABA Championship with the Kentucky Colonels. He was a Gamecock teammate of Brian Winters and like Winters, a native New Yorker. Owens led the ACC in rebounding in all years of his eligibility and hit the winning basket in the Gamecocks only ACC Tournament championship. In the early 70s only the tournament champion advanced to the NCAA-T. He averaged just under 16 ppg for his career and was elected to the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.

Jim Fox C, accumulated just under 7,000 points and over 5,500 rebounds in 9 NBA seasons. Fox once had a stat line of 25 points, 30 boards, and 9 assists against the Lakers. The rebound total is Seattle's single game record. Fox was the leading scorer and rebounder in his one season at SC where he is a Hall of Famer. He played in Europe two seasons before joining the NBA.

John Roche PG/SG, scored 5,354 points in 8 non-consecutive seasons mostly in the ABA and an 80's comeback for 3 seasons in the NBA. He made the ABA All-Rookie Team in 1972, he averaged 10-12 ppg in his career. Another native of NYC and Gamecock teammate of Winters and Owens, Roche was two-time ACC POY and runner-up the other season. He scored 1,910 points in his three seasons, averaging 22.5 ppg and was elected to the SC HOF.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

A&M

John Beasley 60's PF/C, 6,909 points and 4,257 boards in 7 ABA seasons. Averaged 16-20 ppg in his first four seasons. 3-time ABA All-Star and All-Star Game MVP. The Texarkana native was a two-time All-SWC player at A&M. Left A&M as the all-time leading scorer and rebounder.

Sonny Parker 70's SF, scored 4,471 points in six seasons for Golden State averaging just under 10 ppg for his career. Parker averaged about 15 ppg in two seasons as a regular player. A Juco Hall of Famer, Parker became one of the few A&M players to average 20 ppg and helped A&M make the NCAA-T his first and junior season. He gave a eulogy at Shelby Metcalf's funeral. His son Jabari is one the nation's top freshmen players currently at Duke.

DeAndre Jordan C, current Clipper is in his sixth NBA season. He is currently having his best NBA year averaging 9.6 ppg and 14 rpg. Jordan stayed loyal to A&M after BCG left for UK. The one-n-done, averaged 8 and 6 in 20 mpg. for the Aggies.

Khris Middleton SF, current Buck is in his second NBA season. He is averaging 11.1 ppg in 29 mpg. Middleton played 3 seasons for A&M, averaging 13-14 ppg in his sophomore and junior campaigns.

Antoine Wright SG-SF, scored 1,614 points in five full NBA seasons. He currently plays in Israel. In 2005, Wright was the highest pick from the Big 12 Conference and in A&M history until Acie Law was drafted 11th in 2007. In three seasons at A&M, Wright scored 1,338 points. He was Big 12 Freshmen of the Year and helped A&M make the NIT his junior season with BCG, their best post-season effort since 1982. Wright was All Big 12 as a junior, fourth in scoring, and tops in 3P% (44.7).

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Mizzou

Larry Drew, PG scored over 8,000 points in 10 NBA seasons. Drew averaged over 20 ppg and 8 apg for the Kansas City Kings in his third season, '82-83. He is currently head coach of the Bucks. His son Larry II plays for the Sioux Falls Skyforce in the D League. The elder Drew managed The Magic Johnson Foundation upon ending his pro playing career.

At Mizzou, Drew scored 1,401 points in four seasons, averaging over 15 ppg as a junior. He is the only Tiger to lead the team in assists three consecutive seasons. He helped Mizzou win the Big 8 Tournament in '78 and the regular season title in '80. He was two-time team MVP and leadership award winner.

Anthony Peeler SG, scored over 8,000 points in 13 NBA seasons beginning in '92-93. Peeler shot over 48% from the NBA 3 in his next to last season. The McD's AA from KC was the Big 8 POY in '92 averaging over 23 ppg. He scored 1,970 points in his four-year Mizzou career. He helped MU win the conference regular season and Big 8 Tourney, making the NCAA-T three times.

Steve Stipanovich C, scored 5,323 points in 5 NBA seasons for a Mizzou alum high of 13.2 ppg and 7.8 rpg. He made the NBA All-Rookie Team in 1984 from the Pacers. Like Peeler, Stipo was Big 8 Newcomer of the Year and as a Senior was Big 8 POY. He totaled 1,836 points and 984 rebounds in four seasons. He averaged over 18 points and 8 boards as a senior.

Stipanovich accidentally discharged a firearm injuring his shoulder early during his sophomore season. He initially reported that a "masked intruder with cowboy boots and a flannel shirt" who hated basketball players broke into his residence and shot him. After basketball Stipanovich owns and operates a coal mine and is involved in a ministry to help women who are victims of abuse.

Keyon Dooling G, scored over 5,000 points in 13 NBA seasons ending last year, averaging seven ppg. At Mizzou, he averaged over 15 ppg his second and final season. From his MU bio: "... should really blossom in new coach Quin Snyder’s up-tempo, full-court style of play ... Has the ability to take over a game with his acrobatics and show-stopping play ..."

Jon Sunvold G, scored 3,886 points in 9 NBA seasons. Sunvold averaged 7.7 ppg for his career, twice averaging in double figures scoring for a season. A teammate of Stipanovich, Sunvold was 2nd Team All-American in 1983. He scored almost 1,600 points in his MU career, averaging over 17 ppg as a senior. Sunvold is the analyst on the Missouri Sports Network and does some work on national broadcasts.

All-Time Teams for each current SEC school based solely on what the players did in the NBA/ABA.

Arkansas

Joe Johnson SG, 16,636 points and counting in the middle of his 12th NBA season. At over $150,000,000 in NBA salary alone, Johnson has made the most NBA money than any former SEC player besides Shaq. He was named to his 7th NBA all-star team in 2014. Johnson averaged 25 ppg for the '06-07 Hawks.

The former Arkansas Mr. Basketball, was the first Razorback freshman to lead the team in scoring and rebounding with 16 and 5.7. He helped lead the Hogs to an SEC Tournament championship requiring four games. He entered the NBA draft after his sophomore season.

Sidney Moncrief G, scored almost 12,000 points in 11 NBA season. He had a run of five consecutive All-Star game appearances from '82 to '86. Moncrief was two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year. His No.4 jersey is retired by the Bucks. His 3,575 NBA rebounds is more than Corliss corralled.

Moncrief had over 2,000 points and 1,000 boards at Arkansas. As one of the famed "Triplets", he led Arkansas to their first Final Four appearance in 1978. In 1979, Sid was consensus first team All-American averaging 22 and 9.6.

Alvin Robertson SG, is one of NBA players to have over 10,000 points, 4,000 rebounds, and 2,000 steals in 10 seasons. The four-time NBA all-star was the NBA Defensive POY and Most Improved Player in 1986. He led the lead in steals three times and his 2.71 steals per game is the most in NBA history. His three-pointer off the opening tip was the Raptors' first points in franchise history after a two-year layoff. He won an Olympic Gold Medal at LA in '84.

The juco transfer played three seasons at Arkansas, joining the 1,000 point club with 217 steals. He was the 7th pick in the '84 draft by the Spurs. He has had issues with running afoul of the law in recent years.

Corliss Williamson F, scored 9,147 points and hauled in 3,183 rebounds in his 12 NBA seasons. He was NBA 6th Man of the Year in '02 and won a championship ring with the Pistons in '04.

The former Gatorade National POY at Russellville, Corliss was an all-SEC 1st Team as a Freshman. He was SEC POY in '94 and '95, joining Shaq as the only two-time award winner since the Hogs joined the league. He was SEC's Male Athlete of the Year in '94. He played in consecutive NCAA Final games winning the championship and MOP in '94. He had over 1,700 points and 600 boards in three seasons. He is currently on the Kings staff.

Darrell Walker PG, five Razorbacks have logged over 18,600 career minutes played in the NBA and one of those is Darrell Walker. Walker scored 6,389 points with over 3,000 rebounds and assists and 1,000 steals in 10 NBA seasons. He made the NBA All-Rookie Team in '84 and won a championship ring with the '93 Bulls in his last season.

Walker was a consensus second team All-American for the Hogs in '83. The former WestArk player, scored 1,325 points, grabbed 463 boards, and made 230 steals in his three-year Hog career. He averaged 18.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.3 apg, and 2.8 spg in his final Razorback season.

Hall of Famers Gervin, Calvin Murphy, Rick Barry and Dominique Wilkins all enjoyed dishing on Maravich’s greatness, and also his heart on and off the court.

"Pete Maravich got me ready for the NBA," Wilkins said. "The summer before I started with the Hawks, he came to Athens and worked me out. I was a big fan of his throughout his college days and in the pros. So when he called me and said, 'Let’s work out,' I said, 'Of course.' Hey, this was Pete Maravich calling me.

"He took me under his wing and he had an unbelievable wealth of basketball knowledge. He put me through ball-handling drills, shooting drills. He was way before his time. I don’t know if you'll see a ball-handler like him ever."

Maravich died after a pick up basketball game in 1988 due to a heart attack. He had been born with a missing left coronary artery.